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Break The Skin (2011)

by Lee Martin(Favorite Author)

3.29 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0307716759 (ISBN13: 9780307716750)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Crown

review 1: This is a really bizarre book - that actually works at being bizarre. Laney (an awkward teenager) finds comfort and refuge in an older-sister-like friend named Delilah (who is twice her age), and Rose. Once Delilah becomes jealous of Rose (since Rose gets the guy Delilah wants) - things get WAY out of hand and Laney finds herself in a situation that no one ever wants to be in. All the while, in Texas - a woman named Miss Baby - falls in love with a man who has amnesia and whom she calls "Donnie." To realize he is Laney's boyfriend and can't figure out why he is in Texas and how everything fits together - is super super bizarre... but it works and it makes this quirky book deserve three stars for pulling something off like that and doing it in a fashion where you aren't... more left too confused or too angry at the author.But overall, Laney is an idiot who should have gone to college. (Soapbox done.)
review 2: Thanks to Goodreads for the chance to read this book.Like many of the books I receive from Goodreads, this is a book I most likely would have passed on by in a store or library. But I am so glad I got a chance to read this one. It was hard to get into, but once I got the rhythm of the storytelling, it was a hard book to put down. The characters felt so real, the descriptions made one feel part of the town and the people. You got invested into the story before you realize that it happened. The small town feeling was so well described, it almost felt like home. Excellent read. I will be checking out some of Lee Martin's other novels. less

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